The Pike Pirates traveled to Barnesville Friday night for the Battle of Potato Creek and got taken to a creekside woodshed for a sound thrashing at the hands of the Lamar County Trojans.

The Trojans (1-0-1), who struggled in the first half of their opener last week against the Howard Huskies, opened a can of it on the Pirates who were down by 24 points after less than eight minutes and trailed 30-0 after one quarter and 44-0 at the half.

The Pirates got nothing going until the Trojan JV had been in the game for some time.

The Trojans were motivated by a basket left at the fence near their dressing room prior to the game containing pigs' feet, bacon and bacon bits that held a card signed "From PC".
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Three heralded Georgia Tech freshmen who hail from Barnesville and are known on the Flats as the LC3 will not be redshirted and figure to see action early and often when the Jackets host Wofford in their season opener Saturday.
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Local World War II veteran Rufus Durrah, who at 103 is one of the oldest veterans in Georgia, was feted for his milestone birthday with a trip to the Garden Patch restaurant. The honors included a trip to the restaurant in a restored Army Jeep. Durrah hopped in and out of the vehicle easily, much as he likely did in the 1940s.
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Just about everything that makes high school football great will be on display Friday night at Trojan Field in Barnesville when the Lamar County Trojans host the Pike County Pirates in the annual Battle of Potato Creek.
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The September term Lamar County grand jury will deliberate multiple high profile cases when it convenes on Sept. 8. Those include a long delayed hit and run case and several cases involving child molestation and computer pornography.

Also on the docket are the cases of a woman who beat her baby against a headboard when she would not go to sleep and another female who bit a Lamar deputy who shot her in the arm.
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The Lamar County Trojans host the Pike Pirates Friday night in the annual Battle of Potato Creek. The Trojans are asking their fans to wear blue for a 'Blueout" at the huge rivalry game.

Commemorative t-shirts are available for the contest. Cotton shirts are $10. Drifit shirts are $15. Call 478-256-7648 for more information.

Maxpreps has installed Lamar as a 19 point favorite. Most observers feel it ail be much closer than that.

The Trojans will strive to play the entire game this week like they played the second half in the opener as arch rival Pike County comes to town for the Battle of Potato Creek. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. at Trojan Field. Pike has yet to play a game this season but hung with Starrs Mill in a scrimmage two weeks ago.

Lamar’s stats from the Howard game were pretty decent given the horrid first half.

They finished with 215 yards of total offense.

Eure had 18 carries for 115 yards and two TDs.

Smith had seven carries for 48 yards. Fuller had nine carries for 27 yardsand one TD.

Other rushers (carriesyards) were Juan Tucker (5-9) and Andruw O’Neal(5-8).Smith completed only one of seven passes. Malik Collier got that grabfor eight yards.In addition to his two picks, Smith was also the top tackler for the Trojanswith five tackles and two assists. Larry Dumas had five tackles and oneassist.Other top defenders (tackles-assists) were Eure (4-0), Hood (2-1), Alex Gardner (2-1) and Johnson (1-1). A host of other Trojans had one tackle each.
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